With a turnaround period of 18 days, the launch can take place NET October 20.
Rumours on 9ifly Chinese space forum point to a launch on October 24.
Quote from: Satori on 10/14/2014 05:57 pmRumours on 9ifly Chinese space forum point to a launch on October 24.Actually they meant before October 24 (CE-5-T1 launch) - a clue was that people visiting the center on Oct. 12 reported that they were told not to point the camera towards that pad, which means the rocket should be there already. I think it should launch earlier than that - maybe closer to the 20th or even 18th.
Rumours that this launch can take place around October 28.
Let's keep an eye on this one taking place a little more than 9 hours from now...
JIUQUAN, Gansu, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- China successfully launched an experimental satellite into preset orbit from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in its northwestern gobi desert on Monday. The Shijian-11-08 was boosted by a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 2:59 p.m. Beijing Time. The satellite, which was developed by China Spacesat Co. Ltd under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, will be used to conduct scientific experiments in space. This was the 197th flight of the Long March rocket series.